Quotes by Henry Rollins

About Henry Rollins:

Henry Rollins is an American musician, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, television and radio host, spoken word artist, comedian, and activist. Rollins hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW. He is also a regular columnist for LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia.
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If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around - you're living in it.

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It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His body blow to the Voting Rights Act was a head scratcher, but at least he was calm when he attempted to justify his odd logic.

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If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.

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Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?

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Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

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There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.

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I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.

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After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.

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We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot.

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We city dwellers, we residents of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, are for the most part urbanized to some extent. We know deadlines, start times and traffic.

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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.

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I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go.

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The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.

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I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.

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With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.

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At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a Constitution, something far more containable and understandable. I don't exactly know what it is, but at these times I feel completely woven int...

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I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

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Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour of getting up.

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Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's.

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America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds.

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Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?

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Author Bio

  • NameHenry Rollins
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornFebruary 13, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Writer; Musician; Blogger; Songwriter; Human Rights Activist